Comment Re: Disbar (Score 1) 47
Whether it was intentional or not only factor in whether the lawyer should be brought up on charges.
Both intentionally citing bad cases or doing so out of gross incompetence are both disqualifications for doing that job. At the very minimum I'd expect the lawyer to be unable to practice until she's demonstrated she understands the level of seriousness this fault entailed, and undergoes training to ensure she doesn't do it in future. A one year suspension seems like it should be the minimum.
The clients of lawyers cannot afford their lawyers taking short cuts, let alone stupid ones like this. In some cases it can wipe out an entire client's estate, in others it can result in them being imprisoned or executed unfairly.
And, honestly, I think it's time for a national campaign to educate people on LLMs and their limitations, because the people pushing this shit sure aren't being honest about its limitations, assuming they even realize there are in the first place. Right now pretty much the only entity showing people that LLMs make crap up is Google, who very helpfully are including Gemini on most search results ensuring everyone can see how awful the fucking things are.